<div dir="ltr"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.8em;margin:0px auto 18px;max-width:100%;color:rgb(17,17,17)">Washington Post, Nov. 9</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.8em;margin:0px auto 18px;max-width:100%;color:rgb(17,17,17)">A growing chorus of Senate Republicans including Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) have called on Senate candidate Roy Moore to withdraw from a special election in Alabama in the wake of allegations that the former judge initiated a sexual encounter with a 14-year-old girl nearly four decades ago.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.8em;margin:0px auto 18px;max-width:100%;color:rgb(17,17,17)">“If these allegations are true, he must step aside,” McConnell said in a formal statement on behalf of all Republican senators.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.8em;margin:0px auto 18px;max-width:100%;color:rgb(17,17,17)">Other Republican senators weighing in included Jeff Flake of Arizona, David Perdue of Georgia, John Thune of South Dakota, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Cory Gardner of Colorado, Richard C. Shelby of Alabama and Patrick J. Toomey of Pennsylvania.</p><p class="gmail-interstitial-link" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.8em;margin:0px auto 18px;max-width:100%;color:rgb(17,17,17)"><i style="box-sizing:border-box">[<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/woman-says-roy-moore-initiated-sexual-encounter-when-she-was-14-he-was-32/2017/11/09/1f495878-c293-11e7-afe9-4f60b5a6c4a0_story.html?tid=ss_tw&utm_term=.583716e15ace" style="box-sizing:border-box;text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(25,85,165);border-bottom:1px solid rgb(213,213,213);zoom:1;font-size:inherit;margin-bottom:18px;line-height:1.8em">Woman says Roy Moore initiated sexual encounter when she was 14, he was 32</a>]</i></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.8em;margin:0px auto 18px;max-width:100%;color:rgb(17,17,17)">Under Alabama state law, the ballot cannot be changed within 76 days of an election, which in this case is scheduled for Dec. 12. But a candidate can still withdraw or a state party can request a state judge or the secretary of state to disqualify a candidate from the race.</p><div class="gmail-inline-content gmail-inline-video" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 10px;padding:12px 0px;clear:both;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:FranklinITCProLight,HelveticaNeue,"Helvetica Neue Light","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:14px"><div class="gmail-posttv-video-embed gmail-powa gmail-powa-processed gmail-small" id="gmail-powa-16db5e16-9fe8-11e7-b2a7-bc70b6f98089" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:rgb(0,0,0);height:0px;overflow:hidden;padding-bottom:333.021px"><div class="gmail-powa-shot" id="gmail-powa-16db5e16-9fe8-11e7-b2a7-bc70b6f98089-powa-shot" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div class="gmail-powa-shot-image gmail-powa-shot-click gmail-powa-shot-click-play" style="box-sizing:border-box;height:333.021px;width:592.042px;overflow:hidden;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-image:url("https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://s3.amazonaws.com/posttv-thumbnails-prod/09-22-2017/t_1506120057646_name_170917_nmJudgeMoore_1433_001.jpg\000026w=800\000026h=450")"><div class="gmail-powa-shot-play-btn gmail-powa-shot-click gmail-powa-shot-click-play" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:15px;line-height:43px;color:rgb(238,238,238);padding:0px 20px;border-radius:4px;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.6)"><span class="gmail-powa-shot-click gmail-powa-shot-click-play gmail-fa gmail-fa-play gmail-powa-shot-play-btn-icon" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1;font-family:FontAwesome;font-size:inherit;width:16px"></span> <span class="gmail-powa-shot-play-btn-text gmail-powa-shot-click gmail-franklin-bold gmail-powa-shot-click-play" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:FranklinITCProBold,"Helvetica Neue Bold","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;margin-right:4px;margin-left:6px">Play Video</span> <span class="gmail-powa-shot-click gmail-powa-shot-click-play gmail-franklin-light gmail-powa-shot-play-btn-date gmail-powa-shot-click-play" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:FranklinITCProLight,"Helvetica Neue Light","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Roboto,Arial,sans-serif">4:24</span></div><div class="gmail-powa-shot-logo" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-size:50px;background-repeat:no-repeat;width:50px;height:50px;display:inline-block;margin:20px"></div><span class="gmail-wpv-blurb" style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(110,110,110);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);box-sizing:border-box;display:inline">The Post's Michael Scherer followed Senate candidate Roy Moore (R) in the final days of his primary campaign against Sen. Luther Strange (R-Ala.). Here's a look into his controversial views.</span><span style="font-size:16px;color:rgb(110,110,110);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> (Jenny Starrs, Michael Scherer/The Washington Post)</span></div></div><div class="gmail-powa-pane" id="gmail-powa-16db5e16-9fe8-11e7-b2a7-bc70b6f98089-powa-pane" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div class="gmail-powa-shot-masthead" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:initial;padding:20px;width:592.042px;display:flex"><div class="gmail-powa-shot-sharing" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:flex;color:rgb(238,238,238);width:78px;margin-left:1rem;font-size:16px"><div class="gmail-franklin-bold gmail-powa-shot-sharing-embed gmail-powa-shot-sharing-item" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:FranklinITCProBold,"Helvetica Neue Bold","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Roboto,Arial,sans-serif"><div style="box-sizing:border-box"><span class="gmail-fa gmail-fa-code gmail-icon-code gmail-powa-shot-tooltip-icon gmail-shadow" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;font-weight:700;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1;font-family:FontAwesome;font-size:inherit"></span></div></div><div class="gmail-franklin-bold gmail-powa-shot-sharing-social gmail-powa-shot-sharing-item" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:FranklinITCProBold,"Helvetica Neue Bold","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 20px"><div style="box-sizing:border-box"><span class="gmail-fa gmail-fa-share gmail-icon-share-alt gmail-powa-shot-tooltip-icon gmail-shadow" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;font-weight:700;font-stretch:normal;line-height:1;font-family:FontAwesome;font-size:inherit"></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.8em;margin:0px auto 18px;max-width:100%;color:rgb(17,17,17)">In the event of either disqualification or withdrawal, the appropriate state canvassing boards would not certify any votes cast for Moore.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.8em;margin:0px auto 18px;max-width:100%;color:rgb(17,17,17)">“It’s understandable why you would set your deadline so far in advance,” said Derek Muller, a professor at Pepperdine Law School. “We have so much early voting. We have so much overseas voting.”</p><span id="gmail-slug_inline_bb" class="gmail-wp-inline-bb gmail-pb-centered-bb" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:block;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:FranklinITCProLight,HelveticaNeue,"Helvetica Neue Light","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:14px;margin:15px auto"></span><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.8em;margin:0px auto 18px;max-width:100%;color:rgb(17,17,17)">Alabama state law does allow write-in votes to be cast in general elections, as long as the names are for living people and written in without using a rubber stamp or stick-on label. Muller said Sen. Luther Strange (R-Ala.), who lost in the primary to Moore, would be an eligible write-in candidate.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.8em;margin:0px auto 18px;max-width:100%;color:rgb(17,17,17)">The Washington Post published an extensive report Thursday describing Moore’s relationships with the then-14-year-old and three other girls he pursued when they were between the ages of 16 and 18.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.8em;margin:0px auto 18px;max-width:100%;color:rgb(17,17,17)">None of the women sought out The Post. While reporting a story in Alabama about supporters of Moore’s Senate campaign, a Post reporter heard that Moore allegedly had sought relationships with teenage girls.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.8em;margin:0px auto 18px;max-width:100%;color:rgb(17,17,17)">Over the ensuing three weeks, two Post reporters contacted and interviewed the four women. All were initially reluctant to speak publicly but chose to do so after multiple interviews, saying they thought it was important for people to know about their interactions with Moore. The women say they don’t know one another.</p><div class="gmail-moat-trackable gmail-pb-f-theme-normal gmail-pb-f-dehydrate-false gmail-pb-f-async-true gmail-pb-feature gmail-pb-layout-item gmail-pb-f-page-newsletter-inLine gmail-injected-by-front-end" id="gmail-fH6H3j1S1V0wyq" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:18px;float:none;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:FranklinITCProLight,HelveticaNeue,"Helvetica Neue Light","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif;font-size:14px;padding:0px"><div class="gmail-border-bottom- gmail-border-bottom- gmail-nl-top-hairline" style="box-sizing:border-box">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“Enlightenment is man’s emergence from his self-imposed immaturity. 
Immaturity is the inability to use one’s understanding without guidance 
from another. This immaturity is self- imposed when its cause lies not 
in lack of understanding, but in lack of resolve and courage to use it 
without guidance from another. Sapere Aude! ‘Have courage to use your 
own understand-ing!—that is the motto of enlightenment.<br>
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--Immanuel Kant<br>
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